Scarf-hat.



SCARF HAT.- APPLICATIQN FILED NOV- 13, 1915.

Patentd Nov. 21, 1916.

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NAT 0. SMOLIN, or NEW YORK, n. Y.

SGARF-HAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

Application filed November 13, 1915. Serial No. 61,221.

To all 'w/wm it may concern:

' Be 1t known that I, NAT C. SMOLIN, a c1t1zen of the United States, re's1d1ng in the borough of Manhattan of the city of New York, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful'lmprovements in Scarf-Hats, of which the following is a specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

This irvention relates to a combined scar and hat, especially designed for sport purposes, in which the two are united in an integral piece of fabric and are so related that the :chrf when drawn around the neck serves'to assist in maintaining the hat firmly in place and affords a warm covering for both sides of the face and head as well as the neck.

The object of the invention is to provide an article of apparel of the character described which shall be simple in construction and durable and serve its primary purpose of giving maximum warmth to the head and neck of the wearer.

The invention will be described more in detail in connection with the embodiment illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in 'which- 7 Figure 1 shows the improved scarf-hat I in position on the head of the wearer, and

Fig. 2 is a View showing particularly the integral character of the scarf and hat, a part of the hat being broken away to show its construction.

The scarf-hat may be made able material and stitched in any approved manner so as to form a single, integral article of apparel, comprising generally a scarf'a with which is formed at one end a head-hole, represented generally at b.

For: convenience in manufacture, both the scarf and the head-hole may be made by doubling a single piece of fabric upon itself and uniting the free edges thereof by stitchmg in a manner well known, this stitching being conveniently placed in the illustrated embodiment, it may be supposed, along the edge a and throughout the length of the hat and scarf. The scarf, at the end where the head-hole is formed, may be of greater width and shaped to conform somewhat to the head, the result desired being the formation of a hat which shall embrace the head snugly at all portions and remain securely thereon. This result may be insured by of any suitformed of a single piece of fabric. To this end, a transverse line of stitching may be placed across the fabric at some point, as is indicated at c so that the head-hole is of limited depth and the movement of the hat portion down over the head is itself limited by this line of stitching. Further, if desired, a suitable lining, such as 5 may be stitched in the head-hole to afford an attractive finish and, perhaps, greater warmth.

In .the use of this improved scarf-hat, the hat section b is-drawn down snugly over the head, the dimensions thereof being such as to cause the fabric to lie snugly over the head, and the clastics c are perinitted to embrace the head firmly when the hat has reached its desired position. In the preferred form, one side of the scarf a proper need not be faced as that side may be brought down along one side of the head, as shown in Fig. l, and under the chin, and the scarf then passed rearwardly and wrapped securely around the neck, In this exposed to view. WVhen the scarf hat is placed in the position described, both sides snugly so that theentire head is amply protected. Further, the scarf tends to mamtain the hat in itsdesired position on the head. The formation of the head-hole at one end of the scarf rather than at some other point thereof leads to advantages of note in that it not only simplifies and cheapens the article, but it also permits the hat to be placed in position and the scarf to be wrapped around theneck with the greatest amount of case. For instance, were the head-hole formed at some other part of the scarf and it was required that two ends of the scarf be adjusted rather than a single end, it would be impossible to adjust the fabric with the same degree of ease or maintain it in its adjusted position with the same degree of certainty. Contrariwise, in removing the scarf-hat from the head a single manipulation with one hand sufiices to way, the finished face only of the scarf is remove the scarf from the neck a'nd" jerk the hat from the head. Again, a single wrapping of the scarf serves to maintain the entire garment in position, whereas were there two ends, these two ends would have tokbe united as by tying, pinning or the li e. r

Minor changes, related only to the making of the improved article of apparel may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention provided such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:

1.- A combined hat and scarf formed of a single piece of material of double thickness, one end of said material provided with Copies of this patent may be obtained for a head-opening and a line of stitching conneeting the two plies of material together thereby separating the head-opening from the scarf portion.

2. A combined hat and scarf formed of a single piece ofmaterial of double thick-- ness, one end of said mterial provided with NAT 0. sMoL N.

five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of I'atentl,

Washington, D. G." 

